Art for Land is a collaborative action of Aurovilians and friends of Auroville to raise funds for the purchase of the still-missing lands needed to consolidate and protect Auroville’s Master Plan area.

More than 120 Artists from Auroville, the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, from all over India and abroad, generously donate their works in a wide range of media : painting, sculpture, ceramic, glassware, jewelry, prints and photographs.

All proceeds from the sale of these works Art for Land go to the Acres for Auroville Land Campaign. These funds are then used by Auroville’s Land Service for the acquisition of missing acres in the City and Greenbelt areas and in the inner city zone surrounding the Matrimandir.

The Land is the material necessity for securing the full development of the Auroville vision - the City of Dawn. We thank you for your support !

see The Charter

see A Dream

see https://land.auroville.org

For more on Auroville www.auroville.org

The need to secure Auroville's Master Plan Land

In the City area, the missing plots are essential for :

• protecting the spiritual and physical space around the Matrimandir, the heart and soul of Auroville
• fostering and housing a consolidated urban, housing, cultural and economic center
• creating coherent roadways for transportation, communication, and defining zones for Auroville’s ongoing development
• fostering Auroville’s dynamism as an international center for manifesting human unity

In the Greenbelt, the still missing land is needed for :

• farming and food sustainability
• sourcing, protection, and optimal utilization of vital water resources
• ecological and wildlife protection for the bioregion with its rich fauna and flora.
• maintaing a green buffer from the Pondicherry area’s rapid urban expansion

For more information on the land and how you can help, please visit the dedicated site: https://land.auroville.org

The Auroville International Township

Auroville is an evolving international township in South India, dedicated to Human Unity and Unity in Diversity. It is hosted by India and works with the Government of India on the central, regional and local level. It has been endorsed by UNESCO resolutions and recognized for the importance of its research and experimentation for the Future of Humanity.

Auroville was founded on 28th February 1968 by Mirra Alfassa, known as "The Mother," and is based on the philosophy and teaching of Sri Aurobindo, the great Indian Freedom fighter, Seer, Philosopher, and Poet.

Since its inauguration, people from all over the world have been working together towards a new way of living and being.

Today, Auroville is well-established and recognized for both its inspiring vision and its practical material results including its well known environmental achievements. It has collaborative outreach initiatives with 80 villages in its bioregion, with numerous NGO's, national as well as international organizations across the world.

Holding the Vision

"Man is a transitional being, he is not final. Evolution is not finished; reason is not the last word nor the reasoning animal the supreme figure of Nature,"

"There is something that he is not yet which he has to be; he is reaching always towards the something yet unrealised; his whole life and nature is a preparation, an endeavour of Nature towards what is beyond.”

In this spirit of evolution and endeavor, the 3000+ residents living in Auroville representing over 60 nations, hold the vision in their hearts, minds, meditations and daily life. They bring their energies together to build the city, striving to widen and grow with the experiment which will ultimately realize and manifest fully the City of Dawn.

The Journey of ART FOR LAND

Auroville as a community is very rich in art, creativity and beauty.

As Sri Aurobindo was a great poet and writer par excellence and the Mother was an artist, musician and writer, many Auroville artists see art as an integral part of their sadhana and this shines through the AfL exhibitions.

In 2015, Art for Land was born as a way for artists to contribute towards the land through selling their works in a consolidated action with the proceeds going to secure the Land. With this idea they invited artists from Auroville and the Ashram and friend artists from all over to join these exhibitions, hosted several times a year at Auroville’s Unity Pavilion.

Over the years, the Exhibition has grown in participation and quality, every year seeing a richer harvest of beauty, creativity, and solidarity!

The Art for Land action can be seen as an inspiring flow of Generosity for the realization of the material base for the City of Dawn as the Mother had envisaged, bringing Sri Aurobindo’s teachings and their shared vision and work into the dynamics of life.

At the same, Art for Land has become recognized as an outstanding showcase for Auroville as a hub of rich artistic creativity!

Join us in building the City of Dawn by consolidating and protecting its designated land !

As an artist, you can donate an artwork! As a supporter, you can purchase an artwork! And we thank you, each in your own way, for your greatly appreciated contributions!